Stove-screen.



N0. 808,088. PATENTED DEG. 19, 1905. H. J. GOBLB.

STOVE SCREEN.

APPLICATION FILED APR.4, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEF HARVEY J. GOBLE, OF VINAMAC, INDIANA.

sTovE-SCREEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed April 4:j 1905. Serial No. 253,811.

Zen of the United States, residing at VVinamac,A

in the county of Pulaski and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove-Screens, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in screens to be placed near a stove or other heater, and is particularly adapted to be placed between a heating-stoveand the wall adjacent to which such stoves are usually located; and the object of the invention is to protect the wall and the paper or other decorations upon said wall from injury by the heat from the stove.

The object also is to prevent the absorption of the heat which is readily conducted through the ordinary plastered wall by the construction of a screen of such material as will prevent this absorption and act as a deilector to throw the heat back again into the room.

The object also is to provide a screen which will be a pleasing article of furniture and which will provide a receptacle and support for articles, such as shoes, which it is desired to be dried by placing close to the stove at night or at such times as that they are not being worn.

The object, further, is to provide a screen with such conveniences for the support of articles to be dried and to provide a supporting means that can be folded back out of sight when not required for use.

The object also is to provide a screen with other conveniences and meritorious features, such as will be hereinafter fully described, and the novel parts pointed out in the claims.

I accomplish the objects of the invention by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is a view of a heating-stove with my invention shown in perspective between the stove and the wall. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of my invention, showing the shelf for the shoes in its closed position; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the screen on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow, the shoe-supporting shelf being shown in its open position or position for the support of the shoes, the folded position of the shelf being shown in this View in dotted lines.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

L 4 are two posts having feet 5 at their lower ends for the support of said posts. The body 6 of the screen, preferably constructed out of wood, connects and is supported by the posts 4.. One side of this body 6 will be covered with Zinc or other poor heat-conducting or heat-radiating material, and this side of the screen will be placed toward the stove when the screen is in use. This material is shown at 7 in the drawings. Projecting'rearwardly of the posts 4 are the lugs or ears 8, and the arms 9 are hinged to each respective one of said ears and will hang down normally in the manner as shown in the drawings. 10 is a shelf having the integral arms 11, which are pivoted to the lower ends of the arms 9. The arms 11 have extensions 12 to contact with lugs 13 on the inner sides of arms 9, so as to keep the shelf 1() from swinging down much, if any, below a horizontal plane approximately at right angles to the general direction of the arms 9. Vhen the shelf 10 is in its lowest or open position, it may be swung on the arms 9 under the body 6, so as to project from the body and outwardly of said screen in the manner asshown in Figs. 1 and 3. The lower ends of the arms 9 will contact with posts 4, thereby determining the forward movement of the arms. The shelf 10 in this open position forms a receptacle for the support of shoes and other articles which it may be desired to place thereon for the purpose of drying the latter. Inasmuch as the shelf will be in front of its center of gravity, it will have a tendency to swing back toward the rear, and this tendency will be increased by the weight of the articles placed thereon, and to prevent this backward movement I provide a latch 14, which consists of a weighted bar working in a vertical channel in the lower end of the body 6, said bar having an extension below the body to obstruct the backward movement of the shelf. This bar has its lower end beveled, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to be raised automatically by the pressure of shelf 10 against said beveled end in setting' the shelf for use. latch-bar by hand or by a pressure of the foot when it is desired to fold the shelf into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. The shelf in its folded or closed position is held by the contact of its arms l1 with lug 13 on one side and by contact on its other side with the body of the screen.

The upper face of the shelf in open position will have a raised margin to form a receptacle for the purpose of catching the drippings IOO The shelf is released by raising the IOS IIO

from the shoes occasioned by water due to rain or snow upon said articles. It will be noted that the shelf is elevated above the ioor. This placing of the shelf above the floor is in order to bring the articles up in range of the heat from the stove, which, as is well known, is decient close to the iioor, but increases and is considerable at an elevation of six inches. A shelf of this kind which can be folded'back during the day out of sight when not in use and can be opened into position for use in the manner shown at'night and the shoes placed thereon at night for thorough drying is a very convenient and desirable artic e.

Extending rearwardly from the tops of the posts are the ears 16, having horizontal perforations which form the bearings for the ends of a bar 17. The body of this bar is extended laterally of the support by means of suitable bends formed adjacent to the ends of the bar, whereby the latter are cranked in the manner shown. rlhe body portion of the bar is thereby made to extend beyond and in front of the screen when the bar is folded over toward the front and forms a support upon which stockings and other articles will be hung in order to dry them at the stove.

18 represents brackets fastened to the back of the screen which form the support for a shelf 19 and the horizontal bars 20. The shelf forms a support for the shovel and tongs used in the care of the fire, and the cross-bars hold these articles in position upon the shelf. This tool-holder may be constructed in any other suitable and desirable manner or may be omitted from the device, if so desired.

Having thus'fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. Astove-screen havinga body portion terminating above the floor, arms hinged to the body at their upper ends, a shelf having arms which are hinged to the lower ends of said first arms whereby the shelfwhen moved into 2. A stove-screen having a body covered with asuitable radiating material, arms hinged at their upper ends to the back of said body, a shelf havingarms hinged to the lower ends of said first arms and adapted to be swung under the body so as to project in front of the latter, extensions on said shelf arms and lugs on said first'arms to engage the extensions of the shelf-arms to limit the swinging adjustment of the shelf with relation to said first arms, and a catch to lock the shelf in its horizontal position.

3. In a fire-screen. a pair of posts having feet extensions, a body connecting said posts and terminating at its lower end at a suitable distance above the iioor, said body having a cover of metal on its front side, arms hinged at their upper ends to the back of the screen,

a shelf hinged to the arms and adapted to bev folded into approximately a vertical closed positionand opened to a horizontal position and then moved under the body of the screen so as to project in front of said body, said body having raised edges to form a catch-basin, and means for holding the shelf in its horizontal open position. l

4:. A stove-screen having parallel posts, a body portion connecting said post, ears extending to the rear from the top of said post, and a rod havingcranked ends hinged in perforations of said ears whereby the body of the rod may be folded over the top of the screen so as to project in front of the latter.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 1st day of March, A. D. 1905.

HARVEY J. GOBLE.

Witnesses:

l. W. VVOERNER,

L. MAsoHMEYER. 

